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The Conference of the BirdsOn the coverThe Concourse of the Birds, from a Mantiq al-Tayr, Habiballah of Sava, 1600
The Conference of the Birds
The birds of the world set out to find their legendary king, the Simorgh, crossing seven perilous valleys of longing and loss, and discover something they did not expect at journey's end. A jewel of Persian Sufi poetry, an allegory of the soul's search for the divine.
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A spiritual adventure of rare beauty and wit, where every fable carries a deeper meaning and the ending lands like a soft thunderclap. Wisdom literature that reads like a dream.
Folklore in this book
The Grove · Persian folkloreThe heroes, kings, and demons of the Shahnameh, Ferdowsi’s Book of Kings: mighty Rostam, the serpent-tyrant Zahhak, and the Simurgh, the wisdom-bird at the summit of the world. Painted in gold and lapis by the masters of the Persian miniature.The Simurgh · Zal · Rostam · Rakhsh and 16 moreEnter the realm →SettingMedieval Persia
The medieval Persian world of Sufi orders and wandering dervishes, where poetry was a path to God and a flock of bickering birds could carry the weight of the soul's journey.